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Pete Sampras #1 def. Mark Philippoussis #11

4-6 2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 1999*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	4-6 2-1 (ret.)
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	52m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	7	7
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	51	66
First serve points won %	92	84
Second serve points won %	40	50
Break points saved %	75	100
Break points converted %	0	25
Service points won %	67	72
Return points won %	28	33
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Mark Philippoussis
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Nov 7, 1976
Age	27	22
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,548	2,296
Elo (entering)	1,992	1,953
Career W-L	737–208	287–190
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 5 – 3 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1999	R16	Daniel Nestor	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1999	R32	Danny Sapsford	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Sebastien Lareau	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Scott Draper	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1999	SF	Tim Henman	3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1999	R16	Greg Rusedski	2-6 7-6(4) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1999	R32	Francisco Clavet	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Mark Woodforde	6-7(4) 7-6(6) 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Xavier Malisse	6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data